Food Magazine December 2015 | Page 52

RICH SAUCES

Rich Sauces , the successful Northern Ireland supplier to the food industry , with a long established history in innovation and excellence has partnered with RS Cutting Edge to demonstrate that through innovation and a focus on quality , food can last longer , taste better and be more sustainably and profitably produced than ever before

The story of Rich Sauces has a very Irish flavour to it , mixed with a dash of Northern Irish engineering and a never say die attitude . When Trevor Kells ’ fish processing business collapsed in 1985 , he went to work in his parents ’ fish and chips shop in Belfast . It was his only option , says the man who describes himself as ‘ unemployable and unbiddable ’!

He wasn ’ t working there for long , however , before he realised the opportunity right under his nose . He and his mother Maud Kells had been working tirelessly to finalise the best recipe for their chip shop mayonnaise . Once completed , Trevor decided to apply his engineering skills to build a specialised machine in order to produce
Rich Sauces location in County Down , Northern Ireland
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